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By Graham Warwick
The plant is projected to grow to 1 gigawatt-a-year production capacity by 2028 to fulfill conditional pre-orders for 600 aircraft systems from ZeroAvia and Piasecki Aircraft as well as Airbus.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Autonomous logistics startup MightyFly has completed initial test flights for its planned MF-100 unmanned cargo aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
British auditors have warned that the UK’s defense equipment plans are again at risk because of over-optimistic assumptions about future budgets and costs.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK is facing further delays to the integration of MBDA’s Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile onto the Lockheed Martin F-35.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jen DiMascio
Northrop Grumman is taking the next step in its space servicing business, SpaceLogistics, with the sale of its first Mission Extension Pod and a launch agreement with SpaceX for a Mission Robotic Vehicle.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Northrop Grumman’s 17th NASA-contracted resupply capsule rendezvoused with the International Space Station early Feb. 21.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Emirati defense manufacturer Edge Group says it has developed a swarming drone capability designed to overwhelm an adversary’s defenses.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Indonesian airframer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) plans to improve its aircraft assembly capabilities and is in “constant discussion” with Airbus on building C295 turboprops for export from Indonesia.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
Thailand’s light attack helicopter program has seen some progress after the U.S. Army awarded Boeing a contract to build AH-6i helicopters for the Southeast Asian nation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Working on behalf of NASA, crowdsourcing veterans HeroX and DrivenData have announced a new competition, “Mars Spectrometry: Detect Evidence for Past Life.”
Space

By Mark Carreau
Northrop Grumman’s 17th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is set for a Feb. 19 launch from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, to deliver 8,300 lb. of cargo and perform the first station orbit-boosting to use U.S. hardware.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK and France have launched the long-awaited next step in their joint development of both a future cruise missile and an anti-ship weapon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Lockheed Martin fighter is on track to be certified to carry a nuclear weapon by January 2023 and deploy on nuclear missions a year later.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Astroscale has resumed its ELSA-d mission to demonstrate active debris removal in low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Germany green-hydrogen investment platform Hy2gen has completed a €200 million ($226.4 million) fundraising round.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy on Feb. 18 confirmed that the Bell Boeing CMV-22B tiltrotor achieved initial operational capability status near the end of 2021 as
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Space tourist company Virgin Galactic, whose stock price has been on a proverbial roller coaster in recent months, said Feb. 18 that Chamath Palihapitiya is no longer chairman of the board or even a member.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has revealed it has completed firings of guided and unguided rockets from its AW149 twin-engine troop transport helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Small unmanned aircraft equipped with meteorological instruments have flown simulated urban and suburban delivery routes on the Daytona Beach, Florida, campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to help develop hyperlocal weather prediction tools needed for autonomous flights in populated areas.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson’s decision to step down in six weeks sets the agency up for a leadership transfer—and likely a stint under an acting chief—while several high-profile, complex issues remain unresolved.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Stefan Barensky
Europe is set to develop its own satellite constellation for secure and resilient communications that will improve its capacity to monitor satellites and debris.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is confident that it will finally secure FAA certification of its H160 twin-engine medium rotorcraft later this year, more than two years after European approval was granted for the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $140 million contract to Raytheon on behalf of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) to deliver 36 active electronically
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin plans to introduce a second New Shepard capsule and booster for passenger flights from West Texas this year, CEO Bob Smith said.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
As the U.S. Army heads toward selecting a winner of its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition by mid-2022, the Sikorsky/Boeing team is continuing to flesh out the capabilities of its offering with new flight-test milestones for the SB-1 Defiant demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion